Bad Moms Like Lying Two Year Olds.

If memory serves me correctly, it was somewhere around two and half when I first caught my daughter in a lie. It wasn’t anything horrible — she didn’t kill a hobo and was trying to cover it up — I do believe it involved a missing cookie, but I remember being shocked that she just blatantly lied to me. Yes, cookies can be worth fibbing over but still, I’m her mom and the dishonestly caught me off guard — where did I go wrong?

Turns out I didn’t go wrong. This lying business is a sign of good things, specifically this early incident of deceiving me indicates that my little fibber will grow up to be a successful citizen. That’s right, according to research done right in my home town at the Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto the better the little liar, the better they think on their feet later in life. Grrrrrrrreat.

“Almost all children lie. Those who have better cognitive development lie better because they can cover up their tracks. They may make bankers in later life.”

But no fear, their study indicates that the peak of Mount Liar is often age twelve where 90% of kids are talking out of the side of their mouth compared to 20% of 2 year olds. It slumps to 70% by age 16 and decreases in the approach to adulthood when most folks crank out little so-called ‘white-lies’ to protect feelings.

Lessons here? Make your kid a good liar early on and never trust a 12 year old. Odds are they are lying through their braces.

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